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Chicago examiner vol xii no 1 09 a m * tuesday Chicago april 28 1914 tuesday price one cent btfc'ss huerta formally aggress to accept mediation will defend mexico against u s trampling on rights is huerta's last defiance the following dispatch was sent to general huerta by the international news service sunday chili argentina and brazil offer mediation between the united states and mexico will you accept huerta's reply is as follows national palace mexico city mex april 27.â€”the republic of mex ico has always fulfilled its international obligations and at every crisis will defend its rights trampled upon by the government of the united states v huerta riots now sweep all color all mine zone jwo are killed and two wounded in battle at the mcnally shaft strikers gain possession and set the place on fire disorder spreads quickly and districts are being pillaged governor ammons admits he cannot cope with situation denver colo april 27 â€” the war department has ordered the federal troops at fort russell | wyo to take charge of the strike | ituatlon in this state washington april 27 â€” sec retary of war garrison denied that troops had been ordered to colo rado he will confer on the matter again to-morrow with the presi dent denver col april 27.-the strike riot situation to-day passed nil previous inds actual rebellion spread not only through all of the southern strike zone tmt in the n rthern coal fields where n great strike has been in progress tor three years the strikers lnte to-day de manded that every gun in the possession of the mine guards be withdrawn from the field immediately la the opinion of those on both sides who are in close touch with the situa tion only the possibility that president wilson might decide to send federal troops out to take charge of the situation prevented more serious complications to day than have eilsted two are killed one of the most spectacular battles of the etrike war began at 2:30 this after noon when 200 strikers attacked the mc mally eoa mine of the colorado fuel & iron company three-quarters of a mile west of walsenburg the mine was taken , by the first rush of the strikers the fighting has continued almost without interruption ever since two men were killed and another man and a woman were wounded the dead are lying where they fell margaret gregory was shot through the arm the strikers shot through the door of the superintendent's house just as the family was leaving the bullet hit a watch and glanced through miss greg ory's arm strikers made a break for the mine and a huge cloud of smoke began issuing from the buildings they got entire pos session ammons says he's powerless governor ammons admitted late to-day that he is powerless to bnpten the war fare this admission followed a lay of wild rumors some groundless others au thentic in regard to happenings at chand er ludlow and trinidad in the southern cmi fields and at louisville in the north ern part of the state '. the state capitol from 8 o'clock this â– morning until late in the day was i hronged with men and women some of them representatives of the coal com panies but a great majority persons who ; sent there to plead with the governor â– to use his utmost power to halt the - bloodshed and pillage â€” for it is now amounting to actual pillage â€” in the strike vldrten counties of the state refuses to give aid the news that congressman i'oster cuftirman of the committee which a few werts ago investigated conditions in the southern strike zone was in eonfereno with john d rockefeller jr for a time inspired the hope that some settlement was at least in sight but the subse quent information that rockefeller hn refuted absolutely to offer any assistann to colorado's plea for aid foil like reports riots but no americans hurt mexican telegraph official sends message to bryan washington april 27 secretary bryan received the following telegram to-night from james ccryniser head of the mexican telegraph company i am just in receipt of the following telegram from the mexican telegraph company's superintendent at the city office mexico there have been some noisy dem onstrations here and insignificant damage to american property but no injury that i have heard of to amer icans or other foreigners i send this for your information rumor garden has quit Chicago opera one director says singer will get contract new york april j7 a persistent ru more prevails here that mary garden the grand opera singer has quit the chi cago grand opera company and will re fuse to renew her contract next season | the diva who is at the kitz-carlton re ! fused either to deny or affirm the re port there is absolutely no truth to the re port declared john c shaffer a mem ber of the board of directors of the opera company last night the hoard of di rectors will meet next week at which knew contracts will l>e drawn up and will be tendered to miss garden ncerning rumors thjur the imst knason been disastrous financially mr shaf money has been lost but not 10,000 as has been stated douglas park l train is derailed stone placed on track is alleged work of wreckers passengers on a douglas park train of the metropolitan west side elevated road were thrown into a panic late yes terday when the front trucks of the motorcar left the rails and tore up twen ty-five feet of track a large btone was found wedged be tween one of the rails and the guard rail c e patton claim agent of the rail road told the police that the accident was the work of either boys a crank or a discharged employe oarranza refuses to discuss huerta reply cnihuahua mex april 27.-general cnrranza was notified this evening by telegraph from washington that huerta consented to accept the proposals of the south american alliance to arbitrate the difficulty between the united states and mexico he declined to discuss the mat ter vera cruz business and order resumed washington april 27 1t is grati fying to note that all business is resumed in vera crnz and good order prevails citizens may pass freely in the streets both night and day and resume their usual customs this proclamation was published in vern cruz by admiral fletcher according to a wire received at the navy department at 2 o'clock this morning 1 3 in elevator plunge from 4th floor of arts building ten of the passengers in car when cable breaks are women hysterical when the | lift falls all are injured an elevatoi carrying thirteen passen j gers ten of whom were women fell from j the fourth to the first floor in the fine ! arts building 410 south michigan ave-j nue late yesterday afternoon all of j the passengers sustained slight lujurieg j a defective cable breaking was the cause j of the accident arthur g bissell millionaire president of the klssell-aveisert piano company pres:dent of the Chicago musical arts j society and a director of the fine arts | theater was one Â»â€¢{ the aÂ«iici>gkrs in j jured he sustained a sprained knee and j will be confined to his bed for a week or more bissell was the last person to enter the elevator on the fourth floor those in the car the other passengers in the car were j miss helen hector 5300 maryland ave nue miss bessie goldberg 5g15 south park a venue 11 j schnitzer 14 washington street new york mrs annie goldstone 5g16 south park avenue miss clara swigert 1917 lincoln ave nue clark potter 871 wells street mrs g p gorman 306 east fifty ninth street miss o'dell scott y w c a miss ethel pratt 830 south michigan avenue mrs edward ray 121 east fifty-eighth street i mrs o r hils r>4r south state street miss dorothy hills 545 south state street ankle is sprained miss ethel pratt's ankle was sprained and she was taken to the auditorium hotel for treatment clark potter's head | was bruised and his left ear cut the elevator hittiug the basement and j the cable falling on top of it made a terrific crash women in the audience , of the studebaker theater which is on j the main floor made a rush towards the doors when fliey heard the noise they were met at the eiits by sam ledercr manager of the theater he informed them that un automobile had careended into a plate glass window in the front of the building the women were pacified and returned to their seit the women passengers in the elevator became hysterical and it was at first thought that some of them had oeen seriously injured they were quieted and assisted out of the elevitor by lederer and george anderson the ele vator starter an investigation reveaied no serious injuries mrs g f gorman was taken home in a taxicab by her nusoand wno was waiting for her in the lobby of the building more serious injuries would have hap pened to the passengers of the car had it not been that when the elevator reached the bottom of the shaft the safety dogs caught it and lesseied the shock u.s consul jailed correspondents held report from saltillo says general maas has imprisoned americans veka chuz april 27 john p silli man the american consul at saltillo and two american newspaper correspond ents have been jailed at saltillo on order of general jacquin maas accord ing to a report which reached here to day the charge against them is not known general maas is the commander of hiartn's troops funston men ai vera cruz held back from landing by n a jennings troops kept on transports toj prevent blocking of media ! tion plans more americans j reach the coast safely ; war correspondent for the Chicago examiner vera cruz mexico april 27 sir lionel carden the british ambassador has issued e notice to all british sub jects in xleslco city advising them to leave the city the transports bearing the fifth army brigade under general funston cast an chor in yera cruz harbor this afternoon contrary to expectations the troops were not landed and the rumor spread that rheiv landing wa delayed by orders from washington because of the pending peace negotiations it is admitted that they will not be lauded immediately the official legis lation given out to-night is that they can not be permitted to come ashore until more refugees are out of the city be cause of the shortage of food just how or why the troops would consume any more food on shore than they will con sume on board their transports is not made clear in the legislation second regiment leaves the heroes of the day in vera crux are the men of the second naval regiment under captain e a anderson they bore the brunt of the fighting in the capture of the city and received the severest pun ishment irom mexican snipers their losses in killed and wounded form half of the total losses sustained by the american forces to date there was rejoicing here when word was received from he british minister sir lionel carden in mexico city that gen eral huerta had consented to permit an other refuge train to leave the capital and that 250 foreigners including amer icans would arrive in vera cruz to morrow previously the hopes of americans here who had relatives and friends in the cap t ital had been buoyed up by a statement ! given out in behalf of admiral fletcher i hat he had information which led him to | i hope for the early arritral of more amer | ! lean refugees from mexico city fer the '< better treatment of all americans there and possibly for their eventual release despite the talk over the possibility of mediation war preparations are continu ing mexicans seek protection many mexicans who believe that war is inevitable are flocking into vera cruz to seek protection the steady influx of these refugees to i gether with the americans and euro peans who fled from interior points has given hear admirals fletcher and badger a big problem to solve the chief seriousness lies in the scarc ity of food and the increase in the lum ber of smallpox cases a few of the american refugees who wanted to leave the country tried to boa/d the german ship ypiranga but the german consnl cornelius gertz refused to give them permission saying that preference would be given to german citizens about one hundred mexicans appealed to united states consul canada for as sistance to-dny saying their families were starving to death they had been j employed building a uock at the fortress of san juan de ulloa in the harbor but the mexican paymaster had fled from the city taking all the cash with him so the workmen had not been paid for three weeks rear admiral fletcher announced that he would try to provide work of some kind for as many idle mexicans as pos sible they will probably be employed as street cleaners sunday passed quietly in the city prop er the only excitement lieing caused by a brush between mexicans and a detaeh : ment of bluejackets in the vera cruz j cabinet near break on mexico policy urge wilson to first take capital conspirators try to depose huerta watchful baiting military chiefs demand congress furnish money to subdue all of mexico washington april 27 while offi cial washington was waiting to-day for hncrta'sjmwer to the suggestion of mediation of the troubles in mexico a crisis developed much nearer home t/he split in the cabinet which had its origin last week in a difference of opin ion about the president's leisurely policy in the mexican crisis has grown until the dissension in the president's official family is now acute the latest blow at the harmony that usually prevails among the president's advisers came with the proposal for me diation with the exception of secretary of state bryan the cabinet to a man op posed the manner in which it was brought about postmaster general burleson secretary of war garrison and secretary of the navy daniels especially differed with the president and secre tary bryan and did not hesitate to say so urge military chiefs plans the dissenters in the cabinet accepted the views of the military experts con sequently the points of difference and the recommendations of the military experts are one and the same they urged ithat the president ask â€¢ congress for money to carry on operations 2 that an army of 75,000 â€¢ be sent to mexico the continued on 2d page 4th column plot against dictator formed in own capital . veea cruz april 27 according to refugees arriving to-day a strong anti huerta sentiment is beginning to be man ifested at mexico city they say that on saturday the conspirators made an attempt to oust the dictator but failed they do not go into details and admit that they have only a rumor of the plot they are certain however that huerta is becoming more unpopular because the better class mexicans are finding out that the administration has deliberately de ceived them with regard to the action of the united states conditions are reported as improving at the capital so far as the refugees knew no foreign has been killed and none in jured although many were insulted the press of the capital has moderated its tone by administrative order and this is because senor cologan the spanish min ister acting with the rest of the diplo matic corps informed huerta that the newspapers must cease their inflammatory outburst against americans thov lump since moderated their tone there have been no arrests for the rioting so far just before the train upon which the refugees arrived to-iiay loft mexico city a donkey was led through the street to the great joy of the populace a por j tvnit of president wilson swung from its i nock nnd uu american ilyg was tied to 1 its tall this exhibition shared with the arrival of some of zapata's soldiers as the most popular demonstration of the day the men of the southern bandit came in two troops splendidly mounted and gaudily uniformed and were welcomed by a rep resentative of huerta five of the refugees who arrived to day were bruised and scarred by ill-treat ment and were suffering from privations that they had endured at the hands of huerta's soldiers they were albert 1 hoskins of massachusetts a former unit ed states soldier it c chnpnian of san francisco g c smith of alabama james pinshon of salt lake icty and c n nader of mississippi they had been arrested at l';icbuca in the state of hidalgo on the charge of being spies and were held in coinimmic ulo in the military barracks they were beaten by orders of the tefe politico and were deprived of food three of them are married and had families in pnchuco but they were not nlinwcd to speak to their families a mob gathered outside of the barracks and clamored for their blood alley were finally smuggled out of the prison to avoid the mob and were thrown into a cattle car they lay covered with straw in ihe cor uirttl their arrival fti mexico city where they tgte set free in mexico city they were assailed by stoacs and bad e.u'gs thrown by uti amcrican mobs lmt finally found pro tection in the british consulate dictator holds oee on actual articles consents to acceptance in princi ple and mediators fear that insistence upon his own de sires will block peace plans both nations will be sounded in secret and then text of settlement of differences wil i be submitted for final decision washington april 27 i formally announced at the spanish embassy to-night that the mexican foreign office has j notified ambassador riano of huer ta's acceptance of the proposal of me diation nothing more than the fact of ac ceptance was communicated to the embassy here it was announced that huerta's terms under which he has accepted mediation may reach washington to-morrow until a further report is had from mexico city the three mediators â€” ambassador da gama of brazil and ministers naon cf argentina and suarez of chile â€” will be at a stand still the phrase in principle which is | definitely known to oe in the tele igram from huerta accepting media i tion is regarded ominously here by j authorities on international law it is an indication that huerta stands for reservations and that these will appear in the message i which is expected to be received by i the mediators when in session to morrow morning the spanish ambassador was cart j ful in the few words he said to-night ito call attention to the fact that j huerta had used the phrase in prin j ciple i believe plan will fail senor suarez the chilean minister also said that the acceptance was in principle it is clearly understood among the i diplomats that huerta may reserve from questions of mediation the na tional honor of his country under this view of the case husr ta will not revert to the question 01 i the salute to the america hag i which he has already definitely re jected similarly he would not ac cept as a question for meu : alion Â„ demand that he abdicate the general belief in o.ikial cii l icles is that the efforts cf uip n di lators will fail if secretary bryau does not succeed in getting the c quiesence of villa carrar.z and pata secretary bryan stated uneq ally to-day that mediation hi j reached the stage for formulation al j proposals or terms t sound government is understood ciearly at tibi te house an state depaiiinent the first proposals of a definite re will not originate here it is view of the mediators that this tnment in answer to their offer ucdiation stutcd that th<j pro ls were to come from huerta or that construction is f&lrly to bo inferred from secretary bryan's r continued on 2d page ist column continued on sth page 2d column examiner leads in circulation the daily and sunday examiner in march sold more papers in the city of Chicago than any other two morning papers with several thousand to spare circulation books open to the inspection of any advertiser rumors of rooms how often you have been told that mrs somebody had the most delightful room to rent and so reasonable it was somewhat disappointing to find the room a large double one when you only wanted a single room another rumor sent you to look at a room that had been rented the week previous you're a busy business woman and haven't any time to waste â€” do the sensible thing â€” turn to the examiner's want ad col umns and pick out the room that will mean rest and com fort in the evening and sun shine in the morning or if you prefer phone your ad to main 5000 and let the room you want find you Chicago and vicinity unset j^^^a tied weather tuesday and wednes day with snowers and cooler fresh itr sfeflif variable winds kflix^^b range of temperatures yesterday t*r*iwr jj^b sfr.;;:::::::::::::::::::::::::s 88&s!*m average 65 i -^-^

Chicago examiner vol xii no 1 09 a m * tuesday Chicago april 28 1914 tuesday price one cent btfc'ss huerta formally aggress to accept mediation will defend mexico against u s trampling on rights is huerta's last defiance the following dispatch was sent to general huerta by the international news service sunday chili argentina and brazil offer mediation between the united states and mexico will you accept huerta's reply is as follows national palace mexico city mex april 27.â€”the republic of mex ico has always fulfilled its international obligations and at every crisis will defend its rights trampled upon by the government of the united states v huerta riots now sweep all color all mine zone jwo are killed and two wounded in battle at the mcnally shaft strikers gain possession and set the place on fire disorder spreads quickly and districts are being pillaged governor ammons admits he cannot cope with situation denver colo april 27 â€” the war department has ordered the federal troops at fort russell | wyo to take charge of the strike | ituatlon in this state washington april 27 â€” sec retary of war garrison denied that troops had been ordered to colo rado he will confer on the matter again to-morrow with the presi dent denver col april 27.-the strike riot situation to-day passed nil previous inds actual rebellion spread not only through all of the southern strike zone tmt in the n rthern coal fields where n great strike has been in progress tor three years the strikers lnte to-day de manded that every gun in the possession of the mine guards be withdrawn from the field immediately la the opinion of those on both sides who are in close touch with the situa tion only the possibility that president wilson might decide to send federal troops out to take charge of the situation prevented more serious complications to day than have eilsted two are killed one of the most spectacular battles of the etrike war began at 2:30 this after noon when 200 strikers attacked the mc mally eoa mine of the colorado fuel & iron company three-quarters of a mile west of walsenburg the mine was taken , by the first rush of the strikers the fighting has continued almost without interruption ever since two men were killed and another man and a woman were wounded the dead are lying where they fell margaret gregory was shot through the arm the strikers shot through the door of the superintendent's house just as the family was leaving the bullet hit a watch and glanced through miss greg ory's arm strikers made a break for the mine and a huge cloud of smoke began issuing from the buildings they got entire pos session ammons says he's powerless governor ammons admitted late to-day that he is powerless to bnpten the war fare this admission followed a lay of wild rumors some groundless others au thentic in regard to happenings at chand er ludlow and trinidad in the southern cmi fields and at louisville in the north ern part of the state '. the state capitol from 8 o'clock this â– morning until late in the day was i hronged with men and women some of them representatives of the coal com panies but a great majority persons who ; sent there to plead with the governor â– to use his utmost power to halt the - bloodshed and pillage â€” for it is now amounting to actual pillage â€” in the strike vldrten counties of the state refuses to give aid the news that congressman i'oster cuftirman of the committee which a few werts ago investigated conditions in the southern strike zone was in eonfereno with john d rockefeller jr for a time inspired the hope that some settlement was at least in sight but the subse quent information that rockefeller hn refuted absolutely to offer any assistann to colorado's plea for aid foil like reports riots but no americans hurt mexican telegraph official sends message to bryan washington april 27 secretary bryan received the following telegram to-night from james ccryniser head of the mexican telegraph company i am just in receipt of the following telegram from the mexican telegraph company's superintendent at the city office mexico there have been some noisy dem onstrations here and insignificant damage to american property but no injury that i have heard of to amer icans or other foreigners i send this for your information rumor garden has quit Chicago opera one director says singer will get contract new york april j7 a persistent ru more prevails here that mary garden the grand opera singer has quit the chi cago grand opera company and will re fuse to renew her contract next season | the diva who is at the kitz-carlton re ! fused either to deny or affirm the re port there is absolutely no truth to the re port declared john c shaffer a mem ber of the board of directors of the opera company last night the hoard of di rectors will meet next week at which knew contracts will l>e drawn up and will be tendered to miss garden ncerning rumors thjur the imst knason been disastrous financially mr shaf money has been lost but not 10,000 as has been stated douglas park l train is derailed stone placed on track is alleged work of wreckers passengers on a douglas park train of the metropolitan west side elevated road were thrown into a panic late yes terday when the front trucks of the motorcar left the rails and tore up twen ty-five feet of track a large btone was found wedged be tween one of the rails and the guard rail c e patton claim agent of the rail road told the police that the accident was the work of either boys a crank or a discharged employe oarranza refuses to discuss huerta reply cnihuahua mex april 27.-general cnrranza was notified this evening by telegraph from washington that huerta consented to accept the proposals of the south american alliance to arbitrate the difficulty between the united states and mexico he declined to discuss the mat ter vera cruz business and order resumed washington april 27 1t is grati fying to note that all business is resumed in vera crnz and good order prevails citizens may pass freely in the streets both night and day and resume their usual customs this proclamation was published in vern cruz by admiral fletcher according to a wire received at the navy department at 2 o'clock this morning 1 3 in elevator plunge from 4th floor of arts building ten of the passengers in car when cable breaks are women hysterical when the | lift falls all are injured an elevatoi carrying thirteen passen j gers ten of whom were women fell from j the fourth to the first floor in the fine ! arts building 410 south michigan ave-j nue late yesterday afternoon all of j the passengers sustained slight lujurieg j a defective cable breaking was the cause j of the accident arthur g bissell millionaire president of the klssell-aveisert piano company pres:dent of the Chicago musical arts j society and a director of the fine arts | theater was one Â»â€¢{ the aÂ«iici>gkrs in j jured he sustained a sprained knee and j will be confined to his bed for a week or more bissell was the last person to enter the elevator on the fourth floor those in the car the other passengers in the car were j miss helen hector 5300 maryland ave nue miss bessie goldberg 5g15 south park a venue 11 j schnitzer 14 washington street new york mrs annie goldstone 5g16 south park avenue miss clara swigert 1917 lincoln ave nue clark potter 871 wells street mrs g p gorman 306 east fifty ninth street miss o'dell scott y w c a miss ethel pratt 830 south michigan avenue mrs edward ray 121 east fifty-eighth street i mrs o r hils r>4r south state street miss dorothy hills 545 south state street ankle is sprained miss ethel pratt's ankle was sprained and she was taken to the auditorium hotel for treatment clark potter's head | was bruised and his left ear cut the elevator hittiug the basement and j the cable falling on top of it made a terrific crash women in the audience , of the studebaker theater which is on j the main floor made a rush towards the doors when fliey heard the noise they were met at the eiits by sam ledercr manager of the theater he informed them that un automobile had careended into a plate glass window in the front of the building the women were pacified and returned to their seit the women passengers in the elevator became hysterical and it was at first thought that some of them had oeen seriously injured they were quieted and assisted out of the elevitor by lederer and george anderson the ele vator starter an investigation reveaied no serious injuries mrs g f gorman was taken home in a taxicab by her nusoand wno was waiting for her in the lobby of the building more serious injuries would have hap pened to the passengers of the car had it not been that when the elevator reached the bottom of the shaft the safety dogs caught it and lesseied the shock u.s consul jailed correspondents held report from saltillo says general maas has imprisoned americans veka chuz april 27 john p silli man the american consul at saltillo and two american newspaper correspond ents have been jailed at saltillo on order of general jacquin maas accord ing to a report which reached here to day the charge against them is not known general maas is the commander of hiartn's troops funston men ai vera cruz held back from landing by n a jennings troops kept on transports toj prevent blocking of media ! tion plans more americans j reach the coast safely ; war correspondent for the Chicago examiner vera cruz mexico april 27 sir lionel carden the british ambassador has issued e notice to all british sub jects in xleslco city advising them to leave the city the transports bearing the fifth army brigade under general funston cast an chor in yera cruz harbor this afternoon contrary to expectations the troops were not landed and the rumor spread that rheiv landing wa delayed by orders from washington because of the pending peace negotiations it is admitted that they will not be lauded immediately the official legis lation given out to-night is that they can not be permitted to come ashore until more refugees are out of the city be cause of the shortage of food just how or why the troops would consume any more food on shore than they will con sume on board their transports is not made clear in the legislation second regiment leaves the heroes of the day in vera crux are the men of the second naval regiment under captain e a anderson they bore the brunt of the fighting in the capture of the city and received the severest pun ishment irom mexican snipers their losses in killed and wounded form half of the total losses sustained by the american forces to date there was rejoicing here when word was received from he british minister sir lionel carden in mexico city that gen eral huerta had consented to permit an other refuge train to leave the capital and that 250 foreigners including amer icans would arrive in vera cruz to morrow previously the hopes of americans here who had relatives and friends in the cap t ital had been buoyed up by a statement ! given out in behalf of admiral fletcher i hat he had information which led him to | i hope for the early arritral of more amer | ! lean refugees from mexico city fer the '< better treatment of all americans there and possibly for their eventual release despite the talk over the possibility of mediation war preparations are continu ing mexicans seek protection many mexicans who believe that war is inevitable are flocking into vera cruz to seek protection the steady influx of these refugees to i gether with the americans and euro peans who fled from interior points has given hear admirals fletcher and badger a big problem to solve the chief seriousness lies in the scarc ity of food and the increase in the lum ber of smallpox cases a few of the american refugees who wanted to leave the country tried to boa/d the german ship ypiranga but the german consnl cornelius gertz refused to give them permission saying that preference would be given to german citizens about one hundred mexicans appealed to united states consul canada for as sistance to-dny saying their families were starving to death they had been j employed building a uock at the fortress of san juan de ulloa in the harbor but the mexican paymaster had fled from the city taking all the cash with him so the workmen had not been paid for three weeks rear admiral fletcher announced that he would try to provide work of some kind for as many idle mexicans as pos sible they will probably be employed as street cleaners sunday passed quietly in the city prop er the only excitement lieing caused by a brush between mexicans and a detaeh : ment of bluejackets in the vera cruz j cabinet near break on mexico policy urge wilson to first take capital conspirators try to depose huerta watchful baiting military chiefs demand congress furnish money to subdue all of mexico washington april 27 while offi cial washington was waiting to-day for hncrta'sjmwer to the suggestion of mediation of the troubles in mexico a crisis developed much nearer home t/he split in the cabinet which had its origin last week in a difference of opin ion about the president's leisurely policy in the mexican crisis has grown until the dissension in the president's official family is now acute the latest blow at the harmony that usually prevails among the president's advisers came with the proposal for me diation with the exception of secretary of state bryan the cabinet to a man op posed the manner in which it was brought about postmaster general burleson secretary of war garrison and secretary of the navy daniels especially differed with the president and secre tary bryan and did not hesitate to say so urge military chiefs plans the dissenters in the cabinet accepted the views of the military experts con sequently the points of difference and the recommendations of the military experts are one and the same they urged ithat the president ask â€¢ congress for money to carry on operations 2 that an army of 75,000 â€¢ be sent to mexico the continued on 2d page 4th column plot against dictator formed in own capital . veea cruz april 27 according to refugees arriving to-day a strong anti huerta sentiment is beginning to be man ifested at mexico city they say that on saturday the conspirators made an attempt to oust the dictator but failed they do not go into details and admit that they have only a rumor of the plot they are certain however that huerta is becoming more unpopular because the better class mexicans are finding out that the administration has deliberately de ceived them with regard to the action of the united states conditions are reported as improving at the capital so far as the refugees knew no foreign has been killed and none in jured although many were insulted the press of the capital has moderated its tone by administrative order and this is because senor cologan the spanish min ister acting with the rest of the diplo matic corps informed huerta that the newspapers must cease their inflammatory outburst against americans thov lump since moderated their tone there have been no arrests for the rioting so far just before the train upon which the refugees arrived to-iiay loft mexico city a donkey was led through the street to the great joy of the populace a por j tvnit of president wilson swung from its i nock nnd uu american ilyg was tied to 1 its tall this exhibition shared with the arrival of some of zapata's soldiers as the most popular demonstration of the day the men of the southern bandit came in two troops splendidly mounted and gaudily uniformed and were welcomed by a rep resentative of huerta five of the refugees who arrived to day were bruised and scarred by ill-treat ment and were suffering from privations that they had endured at the hands of huerta's soldiers they were albert 1 hoskins of massachusetts a former unit ed states soldier it c chnpnian of san francisco g c smith of alabama james pinshon of salt lake icty and c n nader of mississippi they had been arrested at l';icbuca in the state of hidalgo on the charge of being spies and were held in coinimmic ulo in the military barracks they were beaten by orders of the tefe politico and were deprived of food three of them are married and had families in pnchuco but they were not nlinwcd to speak to their families a mob gathered outside of the barracks and clamored for their blood alley were finally smuggled out of the prison to avoid the mob and were thrown into a cattle car they lay covered with straw in ihe cor uirttl their arrival fti mexico city where they tgte set free in mexico city they were assailed by stoacs and bad e.u'gs thrown by uti amcrican mobs lmt finally found pro tection in the british consulate dictator holds oee on actual articles consents to acceptance in princi ple and mediators fear that insistence upon his own de sires will block peace plans both nations will be sounded in secret and then text of settlement of differences wil i be submitted for final decision washington april 27 i formally announced at the spanish embassy to-night that the mexican foreign office has j notified ambassador riano of huer ta's acceptance of the proposal of me diation nothing more than the fact of ac ceptance was communicated to the embassy here it was announced that huerta's terms under which he has accepted mediation may reach washington to-morrow until a further report is had from mexico city the three mediators â€” ambassador da gama of brazil and ministers naon cf argentina and suarez of chile â€” will be at a stand still the phrase in principle which is | definitely known to oe in the tele igram from huerta accepting media i tion is regarded ominously here by j authorities on international law it is an indication that huerta stands for reservations and that these will appear in the message i which is expected to be received by i the mediators when in session to morrow morning the spanish ambassador was cart j ful in the few words he said to-night ito call attention to the fact that j huerta had used the phrase in prin j ciple i believe plan will fail senor suarez the chilean minister also said that the acceptance was in principle it is clearly understood among the i diplomats that huerta may reserve from questions of mediation the na tional honor of his country under this view of the case husr ta will not revert to the question 01 i the salute to the america hag i which he has already definitely re jected similarly he would not ac cept as a question for meu : alion Â„ demand that he abdicate the general belief in o.ikial cii l icles is that the efforts cf uip n di lators will fail if secretary bryau does not succeed in getting the c quiesence of villa carrar.z and pata secretary bryan stated uneq ally to-day that mediation hi j reached the stage for formulation al j proposals or terms t sound government is understood ciearly at tibi te house an state depaiiinent the first proposals of a definite re will not originate here it is view of the mediators that this tnment in answer to their offer ucdiation stutcd that th